Compared with Windows Server 2008/R2 that provides about 230 cmdlets, Windows Server 2012 beats that by a factor of over 10 shipping ~ 2,430 cmdlets. You can automate almost every aspect of the server. ...

The public preview of hosted Virtual Machines in Windows Azure is now available to the general public. This platform preview enables you to evaluate our new IaaS and Enterprise Networking capabilities. ...

This is the second in the IPASBR series, see also: Integration Patterns with Azure Service Bus Relay, Part 1: Exposing the on-premise service Part 2 is nice and easy. From Part 1 we exposed our service ...

In last weeks I hear about Webmatrix 2 released. Webmatrix 2 is a nice tool for getting started working on html,css,javascript. it's supported one click installation of framework in php like Wordpres,joomla ...

LayoutAwarePage is a pretty cool add-on to Windows 8 apps, which facilitates greatly the implementation of orientation-aware (portrait, landscape) as well as state-aware (snapped, filled, fullscreen) apps. ...

In today's TechNet Radio show, Wally Mead, Senior Program Manager from the System Center Client Management team and all-around ConfigMgr Guru, joins me to discuss the recently announced features found ...

The CData ADO.NET Data Providers enable you to visualize and manipulate information from disparate data sources in LightSwitch applications. This entry demonstrates how to execute stored procedures in ...

The Function system i.e. System Testing In the Functional System testing our approach is to test the Business Process rule i.e. functionality We test the system in following categories/ flow 1 Positive ...

Just because something is a daft idea, doesn't mean it can't be done. We sometimes need to do some housekeeping - like delete old files or list items or… yes, well, whatever you use Powershell for in a ...

Windows Azure Web Sites has added a new pricing tier that will solve the #1 blocker for the web development community. The shared tier now supports custom domain names mapped to shared-instance web sites. ...

“Is Code Review Important and Effective?” There is a consensus across the industry that code review is an effective and practical way to collar code inconsistency and possible defects early in the software ...

This February, the Confoo web techno conference will once again be held in Montreal! Confoo has a very unique model for selecting speakers – proposals are posted on their website and people can then vote ...

Want to get a better idea of how cascade deletes work in Entity Framework Code First scenarios? Want to see it in action? Stick with us as we quickly demystify what happens when you tell your data context ...

Time is ticking away and the time to act is now! How's that for some motivation? :-) Microsoft Developer Evangelist Brian Hitney and I want to help you get your app in the store in time for the October ...

I have just heard from Plural Sight that through their partnership with Critical Path training, they are adding 33 new SharePoint courses at no extra cost. The key parts of their announcement at http://blog.pluralsight.com... ...

I'm currently working with a customer who is undergoing an initiative to expose some of their line of business applications to external partners and SAAS applications and as part of this we have been looking ...

Today's $10 deal of the day from APress at http://www.apress.com/97814... is Beginning C# Object-Oriented Programming"Beginning C# Object-Oriented Programming brings you into the modern world of development, ...

Disclaimer: Infragistics contacted me and asked me to do a review of one of their products. They also paid me, thank you to them . I had trouble creating an account, so I fired up their chat support and ...

Motivation LINQ (language integrated query) is a component of the Microsoft. NET Framework since version 3.5. It allows a SQL-like query to various data sources such as SQL, XML etc. Like SQL also LINQ ...

I was working on a Windows form app and needed a way to call out to a service without blocking the UI. There are a lot of ways to do this but I came up with one that I thought was pretty simple. It utilizes ...

The future of BizTalk- The last TechEd Conference was a very important one from BizTalk perspective. Microsoft will continue innovating BizTalk and releasing BizTalk versions for “for next few years to ...

With all the news this week around the launch of Windows Server 2012, you may have missed that Hyper-V Server 2012 has also launched! I've provided details on this equally important launch milestone along ...

For the last three months or so I've been working on an iPhone (and iPad) app in my spare time. It all started when I took the kids to Minneapolis and had a hard time finding radio stations to listen to ...

We are getting rolling again. This month I will be discussing Building Smart Phone Applications For The Enterprise. This is an area that I have been working with in my normal day-to-day work and think ...

Problem Description: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SQLite' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. Likely to be reproduced when: You will ...

While I continue my affair with iOS / Android (which is now my bread / butter literally ); I also have managed to keep myself excited enough for all of new windows Stuff. Thanks to Priti Pushpak (my wife) ...

I came across this column sizing weirdness the other day. Using a RadGrid the headers looked great. The rows with the data however sized however they felt like it, usually way too small. After looking ...

Have you recently downloaded Windows 8 RTM? In this article, we'll introduce you to the new options available for making Backup and Recovery in Windows 8 easier than ever, including Windows 8 File History, ...

A while back, mashups were all the rage. The idea was to compose solutions that provided aggregation and integration across applications and services to make information more available, useful, and personal. ...

Auto-Suggest (Auto-Complete) “thing” has been around for a few years. Here’s my little snippet on the subject. For one of my projects, I had to deal with a non-trivial set of items to be pulled via auto-suggest ...

So this is my first blog post and I will keep things short and simple. Actually I will apply this to all my posts; short, simple, and concise.Ever wanted to search your database for a piece of text? It ...

Most of the tutorials and quickstart articles on binding data to a list on the interweb at the moment, shows how to bind the data from a static array of data. I assume that this does have some actual benefits, ...

The last decade can be characterized as the decade of the web. Like it or loathe it, the web is an important part in the lives of everyone working in IT. To me, this is a good thing. The web has brought ...

I finally have some time to blog about my experience two weekends ago at the Winnipeg Startup Weekend event. The idea of Startup Weekend is simple: bring together bright people who are interested/passionate ...

If you haven’t already, I would strongly recommend getting started with the great guidance documents produced by the Visual Studio ALM rangers. Project Name Description Release / Updated Applicable to ...

RavenDB is an Open Source, document DB (NoSql) Links: - CodePlex: http://ravendb.net/ - WikiPedia on NoSql http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... RavenDB can run as a server (standalone) or embedded in your ...

I get to be a part of a project that is re-writing dashboards from a Flash implementation to all HTML5. Our lead developer liked the Wijmo gadgets (as do I), so I've been putting the gadgets to the test. ...

You should be glad they fixed it really. The problem isn't Metro, the problem is that there was no trademark defence clauses in the Windows Store agreement at all. Here's the agreement, which for this ...

With the increase in mobile browsing and greater demand for a mobile workforce, I’m pleased to see that SharePoint 2013 offers vast improvements to the mobile browser experience. SharePoint 2013 introduces ...

Recently I have been working a little with RabbitMQ and also learning about the new Microsoft Service Bus for Windows Server offering which is now released in beta. As part of my learning I thought it ...

We are implementing WCF Service versioning after having problems with enums in response ( Do not expose enum in WCF response )I found that we need rigorously follow the recommendations "Versioning When ...

1. Everything is an app! Lists, libraries, sites and even calendars are now ‘Apps’. In an interesting move that will at one stroke empower end users, reduce load on overworked IT operations departments ...

I have recently been looking at VSNomad - a Visual Studio extension RedGate is working on to target IOS and Android development using Visual Studio as your IDE. Fellow GeeksWithBlogs blogger Kyle Burns ...

90% of all new inventions over the next 5 years will be digital. I think due to works being in digital format, copyright law and digital right’s inventions will be created to protect work product to ensure ...